<p>The Cite de l&#39;espace is the European version of NASA&#39;s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. &nbsp;It is the home to the history of European space travel which, although not as exciting as the US space programme still had plenty of success launching rockets into space.</p>

<p>The main areas is like a Science museum over a few floors, each dedicated to exhibitions on either history&nbsp;of space, discovery of the solor system or the use and benefits of satellites. There are plenty of interactive elements for the children and really informative and entertaining videos on many topics.</p>

<p>This area could take a good 2-3 hours to get through depending on how much fun the kids are having.</p>

<p>This area also houses the Stellarium that has shows throughout the day. Unfortunately they are not as regular as they need to be at peak times so the queues to get in are quite long. There was also a very long queue for the Moon Walk (basically a short walk attached to too wires that allowed you to bounce along).&nbsp;</p>

<p>Outside in the Space Garden are plenty of rockets, a small playground, an indoor interactive area for Under 12s (really popular.&nbsp;This is a nice area to have a picnic and let the kids run around while you plan the visit to the Planetarium and iMax that are located nearby.</p>

<p>Also outside is an actual piece of the MIR Spacestation. They is a small queue (10-15 mins) but you are able to walk through and experience the living conditions of astronauts as the space station orbits the Earth.</p>

<p>It is a great day out, well worth the visit, and not too pricey if you can spend most of the day there.</p>

<p>The one main downside is that there is no real food available after 3pm. Come prepared with a picnic or plan your lunch earlier otherwise you will have tired kids trying to operate on icecream and crepes.</p>
